Kodansha: unauthorized access to a company email account
On 27 July, a Kodansha employee clicked a link in a phishing email posing as a business partner and entered credentials on a fake login page, and the company email account was taken over. On 30 July the attacker stole up to 3,812 contacts and sent phishing emails posing as the employee to 553 of them. The employee noticed the same day, changed the password and ended the sessions. Email addresses and some names leaked.
Disclosed
2026-08-03
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
3.8K
3,812
Downtime
Unknown
Timeline
- Started 2026-07-27
- Detected 2026-07-30
- Disclosed 2026-08-03
- 7 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Phishing][Credential abuse]
- Impact
- [Data leak]
- Entry point
- Stolen credentials
Data exposed or at risk
Organizations involved
[Breached][Major]Tokyo, BunkyoInformation and communications3,812 leaked
Kodansha Ltd.
Sources
- [1][Official]不正アクセスによる個人情報流出のお詫びとお知らせKodansha · 2026-08-03
- [2][News]講談社、最大3812件の個人情報流出 社員がフィッシングメールに騙されるITmedia NEWS · 2026-08-03